The Gold Hill District is a silver, zinc, gold, and lead mine located in Boulder county, Colorado.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.054, -105.38300
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Gold Hill District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Hill District
Secondary: Rowena
Secondary: Sunshine
Secondary: Salina
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Tellurium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
Land Status
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Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1859
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (General): District contains Horsfal Mine (Fifty Nine Mine), Logan Mine (Great Logan Mine), Red Cloud Mine, Victoria Mine, Black Cloud Mine, Yellow Pine Mine, Slide and Cold Spring Mines, Copper King Deposit, Town of Rowena (Rockville). Wall Street = Delphi, includes Nacy Mines (includes Last Chance, Golden Eagle, etc.)
Comment (Deposit): DEPTH OF MINING DETERMINED BY WATER AND OTHER OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE FOUND IN FISSURE VEINS ASSOC. WITH A GRANITE BATHOLITHIC INTRUSIVE. THREE TYPES OF VEINS: GOLD TELLURIDE, PYRITIC GOLD, AND SILVER LEAD. SOME SPHALERITE AND GALENA ASSOC. WITH PYRITIC GOLD ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): Dunn, L.G., 2003, Colorado Mining Districts--A Reference: Golden, Colo., Colorado School of Mines Library, 364 p.
Reference (Deposit): SHARPS, 1963, COLO SCH MINES MIN. IND BULL, V. 6, NO.
Reference (Deposit): Burbank, 1947, Part 2--Summaries of mining districts and mineral deposits, in Mineral Resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, p. 319-324, pl. 15. [Commonly referred to as "Vanderwilt, 1947"]
Reference (Deposit): Vanderwilt, 1947, Part 1--Metals, Nonmetals, and Fuels, in Mineral Resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, p. 35-37.
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